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Treatment of diabetic macular oedema

1 June 2014 | | Retina / Uvea / Vitreous
Diabetic macular oedema (DMO) is a common complication associated with diabetic retinopathy, and the most common cause of visual impairment in diabetes [1]. With predicted rising levels of diabetes (in England by 2025 the estimated population with diabetes will be...

The All Eyes Foundation

3 April 2024 | | Ophthalmology
At its core, All Eyes Foundation (AEF) wishes to help bring vision back to Iraq, and it intends to do this through ophthalmic subspecialty training, mentoring and infrastructure development. Based in Najaf, just over 100 miles south of Baghdad, the...

RCOphth 2024 Report

28 May 2024 | EyeConUK, RCOphth2024, Royal College of Ophthalmology, events, meetings, reports, previews, Eye News
A comprehensive tapestry of all our RCOphth Annual Congress content captured between 20–23 May 2024.

Origami and ophthalmology: precision unfolded

2 February 2024 | | Ophthalmology
For Eye News Feb/Mar 2024, I was delighted to hear from Dr Hosam Aglan. In New Zealand at the time, Dr Aglan shared wonderful insights into the art of folding origami, along with images from his own creations. The role...

The Duke-Elder exam: A medical student’s head start into ophthalmology

9 August 2021 | | Ophthalmology, ONLINE EXCLUSIVE ARTICLES
The Duke-Elder exam is a specialist ophthalmology exam intended for medical students to sit during medical school. It is named after Sir Stewart Duke-Elder, a pioneering Scottish ophthalmologist who was active in the first half of the 20th Century by...

A rare neonatal presentation of bilateral dacryocele and choanal atresia

27 October 2021 | | Ophthalmology, Oculoplastics, ONLINE EXCLUSIVE ARTICLES
Following a routine pregnancy, a newly delivered baby boy, born at term, was found to have increased work of breathing, stridor and a left medial canthal swelling. The baby required 100% oxygen via a face mask to maintain oxygen saturations....

Bosch-Boonstro-Schaaff optic atrophy syndrome (BBSOAS) NR2F1 mutation

4 December 2023 | | Neuro-Ophthalmology
An experienced ophthalmologist can make an anatomical diagnosis of childhood visual impairment based upon the surgical sieve, i.e., congenital and acquired. But an ophthalmologist cannot work in isolation to make an aetiological diagnosis – one would require the help of...

Birdshot retinochoroiditis

1 June 2022 | | Ophthalmology, Retina / Uvea / Vitreous
Birdshot retinochoroiditis (BRC) is a chronic, sight-threatening uveitis, most commonly affecting caucasian individuals in their fourth to sixth decades [1]. The disease is associated with HLA-29 and is characterised by progressive inflammation at the level of retina and choroid, with...

Entries welcome for SOC's first e-poster competition

6 August 2020
The first e-poster competition by the Scottish Ophthalmological Club (SOC) is now open for entries.

Virtual reality is revolutionising healthcare

26 June 2023 | Diagnostic imaging, Imaging, VR, virtual reality
From mental health therapies to surgical training, virtual reality is revolutionising healthcare, finds GlobalData.

Women-led, solar powered eye centres to treat 1 million people at risk of avoidable blindness in India

22 April 2022
One million people at risk of avoidable blindness in West Bengal, India, now have access to eye care thanks to the opening of nine environmentally friendly Green Vision Centres, five of which are led by women.

What's trending Feb/Mar 2021

4 February 2021 | | Ophthalmology, Optometry, Cornea / External Eye Disease, Orbit, Retina / Uvea / Vitreous
A round-up of the eye-related hot topics that have been trending on social media over the last few weeks. Happy New Year! Goodbye 2020, a year no one could have imagined, with our lives and headlines dominated by COVID-19 as...